r/technology • u/Dilpickle2113 • 10h ago

Social Media YouTube is testing hiding the dislike button entirely and users aren’t happy

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-is-testing-hiding-the-dislike-button-entirely-and-users-arent-happy-3420822/
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u/Additional-Board-727 10h ago

I disagree with doing this but functionally what does it matter at this point. Taking away the ability to see dislikes is similar to the button not existing at all. They should bring back dislike counts on videos AND comments. Being able to view and voice negative feedback is what at one time separated YouTube from the other social media platforms. Sad case.

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u/sociofobs 10h ago

Likes and Dislikes were an effective way for users themselves to 'vote' on video quality in general, not just for you to see how many have liked/disliked it. That in turn was a way for the recommendations algorithm to sort through all the trash, as the more disliked videos weren't recommended that often. Removing that functionality altogether means you'll simply get far more trash than you already do.

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u/DogsRNice 9h ago

They probably saw ai slop getting too many dislikes and wanted to stop that from happening

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u/sociofobs 9h ago

Considering how many advertisers use AI for ads and how much hate that's getting, I don't doubt that for a second. Youtube/Google has been licking advertisers' balls for years now, actual users be damned.